The 1966 VW Beetle Forum

According to that guy on Samba, you can take the gray ones and dye them red with vinyl dye. I'm going to give it a try.

I bought that one. It comes with a little metal bracket that you're supposed to screw to the dash (or wherever). The vase slide onto the bracket. I'm not about to drill holes in my dash, so I'm making a little adapter to hang it from the grill in front of the speaker. I think I'll be able to do this...

Hi. I have a pearl white '66 in Alaska also. No sunroof on mine, though. Bought mine in March in Southern Cal. Drove it to Seattle, and had it shipped to Anchorage. Now in Homer- where is yours?

Great photo! Yep, my interior is red.

Found the answer! It's a center bracket for a 60's EMPI camber compensator. My bug must have had the whole thing at some point. Now that I know what it is, I'm going to take it off.

Yep, I've been looking at as many views of the transaxle as I can find, and haven't seen anything like it. I think it may be an accessory of some kind, except that I can't imagine what it does, since it doesn't seem to be attached to anything but the transaxle. And, yes, I'm fairly sure this car sti...

Hello everyone. I just bought a beautiful pearl white '66 this spring in Southern California. Did a road trip up the west coast with it in late May - early June, and now it's home with me in Homer, Alaska. This is my 5th Beetle, but my first since moving to Alaska in 1996. Very happy to be back. Thi...

Anybody know what this thing is? It's a bracket bolted over the rear drain plug on my transaxle ('66 sedan, by the way). It has a little screw in the center. Photos attached (if I'm doing this right).

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